November 12, 2013

Participants of the Conference of European Rabbis carry candles as they commemorate the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. The 'Kristallnacht' or 'crystal night' - also referred to as 'night of broken glass' - when Nazis conducted a wave of violent anti-Jewish pograms on the streets of Berlin and other cities in 1938.

Afghan government officials and policemen watch as a cache of alcohol and drugs burn in Kabul. More than 2,000 kilograms of opium, 400 kilos of heroine, about 1,200 kilos of morphine were burned during the ceremony. More than 10,000 kilograms of hashish and thousands of bottles alcohol and beer were also destroyed by authorities.

Quebec rower Mylene Paquette celebrates as she arrives in Lorient, western France, after a solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Paquette is the first North American woman to row solo across the North Atlantic. She left Halifax just over four months ago in a specially designed 7.3-meter boat propelled only by Paquette and the currents.

Students from the Brazilian Santa Claus school throw their hats into the air, during their graduation ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. The school holds four-day lessons in Santa-training, teaching Christmas carols, how to interact with children, and also how to wear the heavy red suit in Rio's typical 104-degree (40 degrees celsius) summer weather.